Job Description

d3t is at the forefront of videogame technology and creativity, delivering experienced co-development services to some of the biggest AAA clients in the world. Our studio, part of the global Keywords Studios Group, works on multiple exciting projects at any one time, offering plenty of variety and involvement.

Our studio projects have included EA SPORTS FC™ 26, Hogwarts Legacy, Exoborne, Mafia: The Old Country, Alan Wake Remastered, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Vampire The Masquerade - Blood Hunt, Mafia II: Definitive Edition, and Assetto Corsa Competizione. We also work in partnership with our global clients including: Playground Games, EA and Archetype Entertainment.

The d3t studios are based near Daresbury (Cheshire), Newcastle (Tyne & Wear) and Madrid where we offer an amazingly professional and supportive working environment. We are passionate about what we do and pride ourselves on our anti-crunch mentality, mentoring ethos and have been awarded ‘Best Places to Work’ multiple times by gamesindustry.biz. In addition, we won ‘Best Creative Service Provider’ at Develop 2022 and were nominated in 2023 & 2024.

THE ROLE - TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

d3t are in a position to hire a key member of our engineering department to enable us to take on new projects and opportunities. We are looking for a permanent Technical Director to join our established Engineering Team. The role can be based in either of our UK studio sites (Daresbury or Newcastle), on a hybrid working basis. The working pattern is 3 days per week in the studio: Wednesday, Thursday and another day of your choice.

A Technical Director at d3t plays a key role in the engineering department, being the technical owner and point of contact both internally and externally with our clients on our outsourcing and co development projects. They ensure excellent technical standards, leadership, and technical decision making, as well as being hands on in the development and planning of the work from project kick off to completion. Technical Directors at d3t have the opportunity to work with world renowned clients from across the globe on a variety of projects, from full project development including; new IP, ports, remasters and remakes, to platform ownership, feature ownership and code base consultations. Technical Directors at d3t may also get involved in technical response to RFPs, new technologies, plug-ins, systems and other internal initiatives.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Technical lead for co-dev, outsource, new IP, ports, remasters and/or remakes
• Project kick off and infrastructure setup; establishing build pipelines, CI/CD, coding standards
• Project high level technical planning, decisions, delegation and risk management
• Technical evaluation and decisions on appropriate software, tech stacks for current and potential projects.
• Ensuring and encouraging high quality of engineering through leadership, establishing standards, reviews and sign offs on TDDs and code submissions.
• Technical communications with all disciplines, leadership teams and stakeholders.
• Global collaboration with client developers.
• Represent the studio's technical capabilities in potential and current client calls.
• Code base consultation and evaluation, modern and archived.
• Technical knowledge sharing and advice across departments.
• Identification of new tools, software and their development.

Requirements

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE + SKILLS

• Experience: 10+ years, released titles, all stages of the development life cycle
• Leadership: Experienced in project technical leadership, representation and decision making.
• Engines: Proprietary experience essential.
• Languages: Expert in C++
• Common Tools: Experience in setting up project infrastructure from project inception including; source control, IDEs & build infrastructure.
• Techniques: Expert in object-oriented and/or data driven development.
• Enthusiasm: Will take on any challenge from resurrecting old code bases to the key technical leader in new projects.
• Teamwork: Excel in leading and working as part of a team. Able to advise on team requirements and structures.
• Communication: Able to clearly discuss technical, updates, risks and solutions with multiple disciplines including non technical developers and clients.
• Documentation: Able to write clear and detailed technical plans, schedules and usage documents to the highest standard.
• Solution Focused: Examples of proactively raising risks and then driving and convincing others of the required solutions.

DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE + SKILLS

• Experience with Unreal or Unity.
• Multiple programming languages.
• Various project management frameworks.
• Ports, Remasters, Remakes.
• Low level console development.
• Co-development or outsourcing experience.
• Confidence in memory and performance optimizations.
• Rendering experience.

TEAMMATES

Hear from our Director of Technology (previously Technical Director) Lyndon Jones on his experiences at d3t and from our Technical Director Aram Rodriguez by clicking below:

https://d3tltd.com/lyndon-jones-technical-director-celebrates-ten-years-at-d3t/

https://d3tltd.com/d3t-welcomes-aram-rodriguez-technical-director-at-d3t/

At d3t we work flexibly, but value in-person collaboration: this position is offered on a hybrid basis only at either of our UK sites (3 days per week in the studio: Wednesday, Thursday and another day of your choice). We value work/life balance and have a discretionary flexible hours system and operate a no-crunch policy as a studio.

Benefits

d3t Studio Benefits & Perks:

• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays + up to 5 days extra for length of service)
• Company Pension Scheme (+ Employer Contibution)
• Flexible Working Hours
• Private Medical Insurance Scheme (including dental) - BUPA
• Eye Care Scheme
• Anti-crunch ethos – a professional, fun and supportive working environment!
• Income Protection
• Discretionary Annual Bonus
• Free Parking
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Tech, Bike + Console Scheme
• Company Socials, Monthly Lunches + Annual d3t Events
• Breakout Areas – filled with perks such as games, BBQ area, complimentary snacks to suit all dietary preferences etc.

Interviews will be held by video call.

Don't meet every single requirement? Not a problem - please apply. At d3t we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace and culture. If this opportunity excites you but your current skills or past experience don't align perfectly with the job description, we encourage you to still apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles within our team.